Examples of half hour in a Sentence
Trains depart every half hour.
I waited a half hour in line.
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Van Wessel was in Kramatorsk when the attack happened and showed up at the restaurant, camera in hand, a half hour after the strike.
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Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2025
In 2023 his campaign bus tour was so far ahead of schedule that his staff had to work their phones to rally 40 people at a gas station to kill a half hour.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
Barrels overflowing with toothpaste, shaving cream and shampoo had to be emptied every half hour.
—Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Paramedics administered advanced cardiac life support on the child and rushed her to the hospital, where a doctor worked another half hour before pronouncing her dead around 12:30 p.m.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
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Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2025
In 2023 his campaign bus tour was so far ahead of schedule that his staff had to work their phones to rally 40 people at a gas station to kill a half hour.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
Barrels overflowing with toothpaste, shaving cream and shampoo had to be emptied every half hour.
—Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Paramedics administered advanced cardiac life support on the child and rushed her to the hospital, where a doctor worked another half hour before pronouncing her dead around 12:30 p.m.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for half hour
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“Half hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20hour. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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